#fed

Why did the Articles [of Confederation] fail so completely? Most historians believe the founding fathers spent a great deal of their first constitutional convention drafting the delaration of independence and only realized on July 3rd the Articles were also due. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#confederation #constitution #failure #independence

The anarchist conclusion is that every kind of human activity should begin from what from what is local and immediate, should link in a network with no centre and no directing agency, hiving off new cells as the original grows. ↗

— Colin Ward

#autonomy #federalism #organisation #anarchism

Road to hell paved in unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#dog

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. ↗

— Mark Twain

#except #force #principles #real #well-fed

But people that are worried about unborn babies are the same ones that vote against kindergarten programs in Indiana or school lunch funds out of the federal government. ↗

— Birch Bayh

#against #babies #federal #federal government #funds

There is no question that we are in a period in which we are going to have to use those sources to fund about 35 million dollars a year that used to be paid for by the federal government. ↗

— Charles Vest

#dollars #federal #federal government #fund #going

Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#also #attaining #central #employment #federal

If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy's greatest contribution to general economic prosperity and maximum employment. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#colleagues #committee #confident #confirmed #contribution

It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#faces #federal #federal reserve #lot #many

Roger Federer is stylish. ↗

— Bjorn Borg

#roger #stylish